Templates
| Title | Description | Size | Created | ||||||||||||||
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| Apr - June 2010 Daily Calendar Pages - Letter size | Daily calendar pages for April, May and June 2010 with columns for "Priority To Do" and "Want to Do," as well as an "Appointments" column with times (my day starts at 4:45am so the first time row is 4am). There is a small area to write in Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, and a "Notes for Today" area to put things like "Hubby out of town" or "Jane's Birthday." I’ve added some more spiritually-oriented quotes as they have personal meaning for me. But if you find that the quotes are inappropriate or don’t fit your personal belief system, then definitely download the original .odg files and put quotes in that you find more appropriate or personally meaningful. Paper size: Letter Thumbnail:  Usage advice: I'm sorry for the wonky margins. OpenOffice Draw (and the consequent pdf that I make from it) is pushing the entire page to the right by one-quarter inch, and I cannot figure out why. So I'm just manually adjusting for it. License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: Either Adobe Reader or OpenOffice Draw. I've uploaded both files.
| Letter | 2010-03-06 21:24 | ||||||||||||||
| Wavy weeks | Month- or year-at-a-glance with days of the week following a sinusoidal curve. March-December 2010 on 12" square scrapbook-sized paper. Paper size: Other Thumbnail:  Usage advice: You can generate your own "wavy weeks" string using the linked Google spreadsheet (just change the dates in the first worksheet). Or make your own spreadsheet with dates in the first column and fill the second column with this formula: =CONCATENATE(REPT(" ",(3-ABS(WEEKDAY(A1)-4))*2),(DAY(A1))) License: Public Domain Language: English Applications required: any PDF reader
| Other | 2010-02-23 02:56 | ||||||||||||||
| Problem Scenes | This one is related to the Scene Solvent template, but focuses on a scene you've already written, but aren't happy with. When I'm editing, I sometimes find it difficult to edit large blocks of text between lines and in margins, so I end up just rewriting them (especially if they're just really far gone). I put this template together to make sure I get it right in the rewrite. Again, this comes from knowing how your own mind works. If I tried to fix a scene just in my head and by marking through and rewriting sections of it instead of the whole thing, God knows what would come out of it. This keeps my thoughts organized. Paper size: Classic (5.5 x 8.5) Thumbnail:  Usage advice: This is in classic size using text boxes instead of tables. I'm not entirely happy with this one either and I'll probably change it to letter size with tables when I use up the ones I've already printed. Of course I'll edit this post with version 2.0 when it's done. The text boxes gave me all kinds of trouble, so those of you using the Word template may have to tweak a few things. And again, I asked myself questions about the scene giving me problems and left space for ideas on how to improve it. License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: MS Word or any PDF Reader
| Classic (5.5 x 8.5) | 2010-02-19 16:55 | ||||||||||||||
| Scene Solvent | This one is closely related to the Problem Scene template I'll post next, but they differ in one respect. Scene Solvent is for the scene that just won't go down on paper for you. This happens to me all the time in my writing. I'll be trucking along and writing away until I get to one tiny little scene. Usually it's a transitional scene that is supposed to bring me from one important event to another. I'm having a horrible time with two of my novels for just this reason. I've come to a standstill. I won't call it writer's block because I know what comes later; I just don't know how to get there. I created this template in an attempt to resolve these problems. Paper size: Letter Thumbnail:  Usage advice: Again, this is using Word Tables because I'm pretty good at manipulating them. It also is formatted with mirror margins, so it gives you plenty of binding space. I figured the best way to create this form was to ask myself questions. I've found that I get further in my writing by doing this and writing down both the question and the answer. License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: MS Word or any PDF Reader
| Letter | 2010-02-19 16:43 | ||||||||||||||
| The Organizational Manuscript Planning Foldout | I don't know if I've described it before on this site, but one of the things I do to keep on track with my novels is to create organizational manuscripts of them once I get to a certain point. I do this because I am extremely scatterbrained and need to have some sort of guide along the way. In these organizational manuscripts, I include: - Parts already written; I've had a couple of writers say that this sounded too constricting for them. It's true that some writers will find it constricting, but I always leave myself plenty of wiggle room. An organizational manuscript I've been using for a while will be filled with smaller sheets of notes stapled into the booklet, exed out anything and everything. So no, I don't find it constricting. In any case, this is a form I created to help me get started on new organizational manuscripts. I wanted something that would allow for everything to be on one page, so I made it a legal-sized fold-out. Paper size: Other Thumbnail:  Usage advice: This is 8.5x14 legal paper printed in landscape orientation to create a fold-out. I'm not entirely happy with how this turned out, so I may tweak it some later on when I use up all of these that I've printed out. I'd like to make it a little bigger. Maybe two letter pages taped together or something. One recommendation is that you definitely need to use heavier stock. All I could find was 20lb paper in legal size, but I probably didn't look very hard. There are two sides to this. There's the inside of the fold out and the front flap. Mine is laid out kind of odd on the front flap because of the way my printer is oriented, so you may have to do some moving around of the table. Again, I've used Word tables. License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: Word or any PDF reader
| Other | 2010-02-19 05:07 | ||||||||||||||
| Scene Builder Form for Writers | This is a form I came up with to help me organize the hazy images of scenes that roll around in my brain. This is also good for those of us with overworked memories who mourn the scenes we've forgotten. No mourning necessary if you have them written down already! I've already used this a time or two, and it has accomplished for me what I wanted it to. It gave me a very clear picture of a scene I had been thinking about for several days, and now I know exactly how to use it in the story. Paper size: Letter Thumbnail:  Usage advice: I used Word tables. The font is very basic, but if you have Word, of course you can change it. This is a very straightforward design, but as most of you probably know, Word tables can be temperamental. Any wobbles will be easily fixable, though. I have also included a PDF version. I've got them on mirror margins so it's like a 2-up layout. License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: MS Word or any PDF reader.
| Letter | 2010-02-18 21:57 | ||||||||||||||
| Prayer Diary | A short and simple yet hopefully effective prayer diary. There is space for the main request and any notes with a box to mark with Yes, No or Wait. Paper size: A5 Thumbnail:  Usage advice: Two pages for left and right binders (hopefully) License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: PDF Reader, OpenOffice Draw
| A5 | 2010-02-06 21:47 | ||||||||||||||
| March 2010 Daily Calendar Pages - Letter size | Daily calendar pages for March 2010 with columns for "Priority To Do" and "Want to Do," as well as an "Appointments" column with times (my day starts at 4:45am so the first time row is 4am). There is a small area to write in Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. I've added a "Notes for Today" area to put things like "Hubby out of town" or "Jane's Birthday." Paper size: Letter Thumbnail:  Usage advice: I'm sorry for the wonky margins. OpenOffice Draw (and the consequent pdf that I make from it) is pushing the entire page to the right by one-quarter inch, and I cannot figure out why. So I'm just manually adjusting for it. The .pdf file was larger than 2mb, so I included a link to it. License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: OpenOffice Draw for the uploaded odg file. Adobe Reader for the linked pdf file.
| Letter | 2010-02-06 00:53 | ||||||||||||||
| Meetings Page with Larger Notes Section | A tweak to my first meeting page template. This one doesn't have the 'prep' area, so it leaves more room for notes for those really long meetings! Feel free to use either of them. Paper size: A4 Thumbnail:  Usage advice: Components & Usage... Header Notes Action Section There are two identical pages in the pdf so you can print double sided. License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: adobe reader, preview, etc
| A4 | 2010-02-04 17:07 | ||||||||||||||
| Colorful Daily Work/Life Scheduler- Slightly Modified | I wanted to have a scheduler which takes care of all the different aspects of my life on a single sheet in a colorful format.When I use this daily scheduler (A4 page size- printed front and back), it allows me to balance strict routine with spontaneity. I hope someone finds this suitable for his or her needs too. Paper size: A4 Thumbnail:  Usage advice: Suggest that the time based scheduler be filled up last for best results, which also enables short forms to be used more easily. This will need about ten mins to fill up every morning. The back of the sheet containing the second page especially can be modified to suit myriad purposes depending on the current concerns. The same goes for the first page too, though I have generally over time found it useful to follow this format since most of the segments involve regular activities.I keep the previous day's scheduler handy since it provides me with insight into my usage of time and the way I may overestimate or underestimate the time required to complete an action. Also very helpful for and works best with a dedicated weekly review following GTD principles for weekly review. License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: Adobe Reader
| A4 | 2010-02-02 08:51 | ||||||||||||||
| Feb 2010 Daily Calendar Pages - Letter size | Daily calendar pages for Feb 2010 with columns for "Priority To Do" and "Want to Do," as well as an "Appointments" column with times (my day starts at 4:45am so the first time row is 4am). There is a small area to write in Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. I'll upload March after I have used this template for awhile and see if I need to do some tweaking. Paper size: Letter Thumbnail:  Usage advice: I'm sorry for the wonky margins. OpenOffice Draw (and the consequent pdf that I make from it) is pushing the entire page to the right by one-quarter inch, and I cannot figure out why. So I'm just manually adjusting for it. I included both the .odg and a .pdf version. License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: Either Adobe Reader or OpenOffice Draw. I've uploaded both files.
| Letter | 2010-02-01 17:47 | ||||||||||||||
| Pretty Floral Week at a Glance | These are 2 slightly different spreads of a week at a glance, with a purplish floral embellishment. The days of the week go vertically down, with columns across the pages for different things. There are boxes on each day to write in the dates. I am not sure how to make this into a form that others could type text w/ nice fonts into. Paper size: Classic (5.5 x 8.5) Thumbnail:  Usage advice: The first form has the columns labeled as such: 1) To Do This Week; 2) Appointments; 3) To Each Day; 4) Lunch & Dinner Plans; 5) Health Log; and 6) Accomplishments! The second form has no labels for the columns except for the first one on the very left: To Do This Week. This is made to print landscape on 8-1/2 x 11 paper (be sure to print the same image on both sides of paper, making sure the 'top' is facing the same direction), and then to cut in half to 'Classic Size' before 3-hole punching or comb-binding. This is what I am using now, and it has been very useful so far. :) License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: This is a pdf file, although I originally made it in PagePlusSE.
| Classic (5.5 x 8.5) | 2010-02-01 02:28 | ||||||||||||||
| General Project Timeline Planner | While working on multiple projects for multiple clients, I needed a generic project timeline planning sheet. And I needed everything to be customizable to the time frame, the number of tasks, and include details about expenses pertaining to the project. This Excel spreadsheet was the result. Hope it helps you get organized. Paper size: Letter Thumbnail:  Usage advice: I print this out and 3-hole punch it to put in a binder of project details then hand write the info I need. But since it's in an Excel spreadsheet, you could easily type in your information and print out the whole schmear. License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: MS Excel
| Letter | 2010-01-31 23:49 | ||||||||||||||
| Weekly Calendar with Planning Page | In my calendars I like some kind of long range RADAR, typically in form of small monthly thumbnails. Paper size: A5 Thumbnail:  Usage advice: In the first table you set the starting date in cell A1. The rest is dead simple. The only tricky thing is setting the margins for the individual printer. Or make a direct export to pdf and do the scaling with Adobe Reader. License: Creative Commons Language: German, but should also work with localized OpenOffice Applications required: OpenOffice
| A5 | 2010-01-30 22:33 | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 Work Week Planner | The largest part of my new system - the work week planner. Includes Weekly planning for Monday to Friday, Notes sections and small section for major events of the weekend. Paper size: A4 Thumbnail:  Usage advice: This is the planner i use for work and as i work only monday to friday i decided to make it a monday to friday diary, so i didn't waste space on weekend days i didn't write in. Starts on the 25th January cause i created it just this week. Basically it's a five day work week to a two page spread. Mon-Wed on one page and Thur, Fri, Notes and weekend on a second page. Each day is divided into general notes at the top, morning (anything that happens before 8am). Time slots from 8am till 7pm; then evening (anything that happens after 7pm) Also included is a notes section and a weekend section - sometimes stuff happens on the weekend that i need to be aware of in my work diary so i put it here. I print it out on A4 double sided so that you see one week at a time and bind it together with the other pages in my system. You could also punch it and keep it loose leaf in a folder. Friends of mine print one week out a time or a month at a time. I'm working on a few other designs at the moment including a 7 day work week and a landscape one page version of this page. License: Creative Commons Language: english Applications required: adobe reader, preview, etc
| A4 | 2010-01-21 18:03 | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 Yearly Planner | Another component of my new system is the yearly planner. For basic yearly overview planning. 3 months to an A4 page, 6 months to a 2* A4 spread. Loosely based on the yearly planning in the moleskine diaries. Paper size: A4 Thumbnail:  Usage advice: Pretty basic. I print it out double sided so that there are two A4 spreads of 6 months each. You can also use it for 3 monthly planning by printing each page out separately. License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: adobe reader, preview, etc
| A4 | 2010-01-21 17:41 | ||||||||||||||
| Meeting Page | This is part of a page from my new system that i use for taking notes in meetings. I use it in team and staff meetings + meetings with my boss and other individuals. Paper size: A4 Thumbnail:  Usage advice: Components & Usage... Header Prep Notes Action Section I find this works really well for personal note taking and minute taking at meetings. Let me know if it works for you or any improvements and stay tuned for more pages in this system. There are two identical pages in the pdf so you can print double sided. License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: adobe reader, preview, etc
| A4 | 2010-01-21 17:25 | ||||||||||||||
| A5 Undated Panda Day | This is my A5 undated panda day planner page. Paper size: A5 Thumbnail:  Usage advice: This is in JPEG format, you can print it as single sided or double sided. License: Creative Commons Language: english Applications required: microsoft publisher
| A5 | 2010-01-19 06:01 | ||||||||||||||
| Agenda Semanal 2010 en español - 2010 Spanish Weekly Calendar | Agenda semanal tamaño A4. Paper size: A4 Thumbnail:  Usage advice: Hice esta agenda semanal tomando prestado el modelo ya publicado en este sitio. Es fácilmente traducible a otros idiomas mediante "buscar y reemplazar". Yo la imprimí en doble faz y la mandé a anillar junto con otros formularios. Un detalle: los días de la semana no tienen el número correspondiente (por ejemplo "lunes 4 de enero") Era demasiado trabajo hacerlo en la computadora, así que opté por escribir los números a mano (es más divertido). En otro post pondré los formularios que hice y las carátulas para que puedas aprovecharlos. I made this calendar borrowing a popular model from this site. It's in Spanish but it should be easily translated by "search and replace". You can print it in double side and ring-bound it with other forms to made a good planner. Just a detail: the week days don't have the number, it was a lot of work doing it with the computer so I preferred to add it by hand (more fun). I'll post the other forms and the covers so you can use them too. License: Creative Commons Language: Spanish Applications required: OpenOffice.org Draw - Acrobat Reader - Fuente Blue Highway
| A4 | 2010-01-17 17:13 | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 Weekly Team Task Planner - 2 Slot | A way to track weekly tasks for people who manage a team. Paper size: Letter Thumbnail:  Usage advice: Don't remember where I got the template for this. Was either on this site, or David Seah's Personal CEO (http://www.davidseah.com). Modified it to my liking, then I lost the hard drive I put them on. Recently found the printed copies, and did them from scratch in OpenOffice Draw. Once I got started, it was easy. The first one is for 2010. You can circle the month, and write in the topic in the blank by the year. I manage a team and needed to track follow-ups for communication to my boss. You can put the person you're assigning the task to in the "[WHO]" spot, and when they were assigned the task/item, and what they're waiting for. I also created a "6 Slot" version where I can track my team's items. Hope you like it - feel free to use to your liking. (Also, please let me know if I didn't credit the people who should be). License: Creative Commons Language: English Applications required: Adobe Acrobat
| Letter | 2010-01-14 20:04 |
